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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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